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NIST Guide to SI Units - 10 More on Printing and Using Symbols and Numbers in Scientific and Technical Documents Quantity symbols, which are always printed in italic (that is, sloping) type, are, with few exceptions, single letters of the Latin or Greek alphabets which may have subscripts or superscripts or other identifying signs. Symbols for vectors are boldface italic, symbols for tensors are sans-serif bold italic, and symbols for matrices are italic: 7.6) are generally printed in lightface (that is, regular) roman type irrespective of the type used for the surrounding text. physics.nist.gov /Pubs/SP811/sec10.html   (1164 words)

Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal Italic type is often used for emphasis to distinguish or otherwise set off certain words within text. Italic type was first produced by Aldus Manutius and the Aldine Press in 1501 as a condensed type for simple, compact volumes. Unlike the italic type of today, the capital letters were upright roman capitals which were shorter than the ascending lower-case italic letters and used about sixty-five tied letters (ligatures) in the Aldine Dante and Virgil of 1501. www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Italic_type   (1138 words)

NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Italics   (Site not responding. Last check: ) Italic means "Of or from Italy"; the usage is most commonly restricted to talking about the people and languages of what is now Italy from the historic period before the Roman Empire. Italic means "Of or from Italy"; the usage is most commonly resticted to talking about the people and languages of what is now Italy from the historic period before the Roman Empire. Italic type is a form of type that slants slightly to the right and uses different glyph shapes, used to distinguish or otherwise set off certain words within text. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Italics   (329 words)

[No title] Italics were preferred over both bold type and upper case type to stress pronouns. Italics were attributed a contrastive role in text; that is, the content of the italicized term is often opposed to that of other words in the text and draws attention to the sentence as a whole and not just to the term itself. Electronically generated italic type is regular type that has been slanted by the computer to simulate the effect of the traditional italic type, whereas true italic type is an alphabet that has been designed separately from the regular style of a typeface. www.plainlanguagenetwork.org /type/utbo214.htm   (498 words)

type - Encyclopedia.com Movable type made from metal molds were developed in Korea as early as the beginning of the 13th cent. Roman type was used by several printers before Nicolas Jenson so improved it as to ensure its triumph as the standard type. Italic type was first used by Aldus Manutius, who also introduced small capitals. www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-type.html   (1651 words)

Italic Type - Karr.net   (Site not responding. Last check: ) In typography, italic type refers to cursive typefaces based on a stylized form of calligraphic handwriting. Italic type is often used for emphasis to distinguish or otherwise set off certain words within text. None of these differences are required in an italic; some, like the p variant, don't show up in the majority of italic fonts, while others, like the a and f variants, are in almost every italic. 209.68.55.253 /encyclopedia/Italic_type   (847 words)

Download Adobe Jenson Italic Caption - Linotype.com Adobe Jenson™ Italic Caption belongs to the Adobe Jenson™ Font Family which is part of the Assorted Collection. His Roman type is often called the "first true Roman." Notable in almost all Jensonian Romans is the angled crossbar on the lowercase e, which is known as the "Venetian Oldstyle e." Jenson did not design an italic type to accompany his roman, so Slimbach used the italic types cut by Ludovico degli Arrighi in 1524-27 as his models for the italics in Adobe Jenson. www.linotype.com /43754/adobejensonitaliccaption-font.html?CMP=NDU4fDc3NzA0   (731 words)

LILT:Italic type Italic type is also used for the titles of books, plays, films etc.; for the names of aircraft, ships etc.; for words and phrases borrowed from other languages that have not been fully assimilated into English; and for quotations of over 100 words. For the child developing a command of reading and writing in the modern world, italic type provides a range of ways in which meaning can be communicated expressively in written text and in which at least some of the resources of the spoken mode can be utilised within the reading process. The increasing prevalence of word-processed print means that children must now become fully aware of both the conventional uses and the potential of italic type, together with a wide range of typographical effects readily available to most writers via computer. www.arts.gla.ac.uk /SESLL/EngLang/LILT/italic.htm   (344 words)

Italic type - Definition, explanation Italic type is a form of type that slants slightly to the right and uses different glyph shapes, used to distinguish or otherwise set off certains words within text. The term oblique is also used when referring to the italic of a sans-serif font where the slant is the only significant change in the form. Italic text was originally used to give printing the style of the handwriting common in Italy at the time, and generally italic fonts were considered distinct typefaces in themselves, not the variants they are nowadays. www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/i/it/italic_type.php   (425 words)

Session 2: Boldface, Italic, Script, and Sanserif Type Type Forms and Type-Form Indicators: Specific provision is made by the use of type-form indicators for the transcription of boldface, italic, script, and sanserif print type forms. However, the specific type form must be shown when a different type form is introducted to convey a special mathematical distinction, as when the author uses different type forms to distinguish between two meanings of the same letter. When boldface type is used in print to identify letters as vectors or to denote a zero as the null vector, the boldface type has mathematical significance and must be shown in braille. www.brl.org /codes/session02/boldface.html   (1106 words)

Typebox / Thinkbox / Viewpoint   (Site not responding. Last check: ) Type style, type size, type composition, color and type and motion are the 5 key topics when discussing the effects and usage of typography on screen. When a member of a type family is specified, the family name is given first, then the stroke thickness and then the type width and orientation, i.e. The suitability of different type styles such as light, regular and bold for use on the screen ultimately depends on the colors chosen for the type and the background. www.typebox.com /3thinkbox/3view3_2.html   (2040 words)

LILT:Italic type Italic type is also used for the titles of books, plays, films etc.; for the names of aircraft, ships etc.; for words and phrases borrowed from other languages that have not been fully assimilated into English; and for quotations of over 100 words. For the child developing a command of reading and writing in the modern world, italic type provides a range of ways in which meaning can be communicated expressively in written text and in which at least some of the resources of the spoken mode can be utilised within the reading process. The increasing prevalence of word-processed print means that children must now become fully aware of both the conventional uses and the potential of italic type, together with a wide range of typographical effects readily available to most writers via computer. www2.arts.gla.ac.uk /SESLL/EngLang/LILT/italic.htm   (344 words)

An important factor in the composition of a piece of printing is the selection of the correct type faces Choosing the right type face makes clear the sense of the message, and imparts that atmosphere or environment which enables it to be more easily understood. Because there are so many type designs to choose from, it is easier to first choose a general type style or classification to suit your graphic design, and then, look for a particular type face that relates to that classification. Italic is not as legible as roman when used as paragraph matter and is therefore not recommended for large areas of setting. facweb.cs.depaul.edu /sgrais/Type_Clasification_Short.htm   (1038 words)

type. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 Movable type made from metal molds were developed in Korea as early as the beginning of the 13th cent. Roman type was used by several printers before Nicolas Jenson so improved it as to ensure its triumph as the standard type. Italic type was first used by Aldus Manutius, who also introduced small capitals. www.bartleby.com /65/ty/type.html   (461 words)

creativepro.com - dot-font: Slanted Communication Italic was originally a separate style of writing -- not a complement to roman type, but a different and completely equal style of writing that originated in the papal chancery and other centers of official manuscript production in Renaissance Italy. The fact that italic is usually slanted and more cursive in form than the upright formality of ordinary roman type gives it some of its penchant for emphasis; it has a sort of forward thrust, because of its slant. There are italic types that have very little slant at all; there are also "oblique romans" that have nothing but their slanted angles to distinguish them from roman type. www.creativepro.com /printerfriendly/story/24681.html   (1736 words)

Type for you. Matrix II is a complete reworking of the Matrix type family which was originally designed by Zuzana Licko in 1985. Meek FM is an interpretation of type as sound. If you want to share any news, articles, or general info on type, I would be very happy to hear from you. typeforyou.blogspot.com   (1136 words)

Download Sabon® Italic - Linotype.com Sabon® Italic belongs to the Sabon® Font Family which is part of the Linotype Originals. This was in response to a request from German master printers to make a font family that was the same design for the three metal type technologies of the time: foundry type for hand composition, linecasting, and single-type machine composition. Tschichold loosely based his design on types from the 1592 specimen sheet issued by the Egenolff-Berner foundry: a 14-point roman attributed to Claude Garamond, and an italic attributed to Robert Granjon. www.linotype.com /12870/sabonitalic-font.html?CMP=NDMwfDc3NzA3   (858 words)

[No title] Boldface type indicates an item that is contained in the glossary. Italic type indicates a variable value where you enter a value appropriate to your circumstances. Italic type also indicates complete titles of manuals and emphasized text. www.openoffice.org /dev_docs/source/conventions.html   (149 words)

Typetester – Compare fonts for the screen Edit, enter or paste sample text in the textarea. The text is automatically applied to preview pane as you type. Choose your typeface from dropdown menu or specify your own. typetester.maratz.com   (1656 words)

Italic type - Reel-Time Forums Mark Cahill is it possible not to use italic type in your features and reports? The type breaks up on screen and is difficult to read. I realized recently mac has a problem with ital and small fonts. www.reel-time.com /forum/showthread.php?t=6871   (128 words)

Italic type faces The Italic typefaces derived from some of the book hands which were developed to write more speedily, showing letters sloping and joined together. Aldus wished to print compact editions of classical texts and developed the Italic type-face as it retained clarity and regularity whilst permitting smaller sizes (or fonts) to be used, and the sloping characteristics of the hand also permitted more words to be fitted on a page. The first book to be wholly printed with the Italic hand was his edition of the Works of the classical author Virgil, which he printed in 1501, the type face having been designed for him by Francesco Griffo. www.britaininprint.net /introtoprint/italic.htm   (281 words)

Italic type   (Site not responding. Last check: ) The first italic type was employed by Aldus Manutius on his famous edition of Virgil, published at Venice in 1501, and is said to have been cut by Francesco de Bologna to imitate the beautiful hand-writing of Petrarch, famous Italian poet. The italic was used for the complete text, and in the hands of Aldus and the Elzevirs it made an admittedly graceful page medium, but somewhat too informal, in our estimation, and less legible than the more dignified roman style. The use of italic for emphasis in roman text was a later development which some say has marked the loss of its individual character, and not until Garamond made matched romans and italics was associated use considered. www.punweb.com /article/Italics   (629 words)

Oak Knoll Books & Oak Knoll Press Italic was the Italian cursive vernacular type, and it ultimately drove out all other vernacular types wherever roman letters came into general use. Placing italic fonts on bodies corresponding to roman fonts was the outcome of its later use in connection with roman for purposes of differentiation, emphasis, and for “liminary and preliminary” matter. Though the character on which Aldus based his italic was more quickly written than the older book-hands, it was far slower to set up as he rendered it in type: and it certainly was foolish to try to imitate written characters by type, when by so doing much useless labour was necessitated. www.oakknoll.com /bookexcerpt.php?booknr=63429   (2387 words)

Molly.com - Articles > Web design > Type fundamentals for nondesigners Type posture refers specifically to the angle at which the type is set. Type is measured in a variety of ways, including points or pixels. Larger type is used for headers, medium sizes for body text, small sizes for notes, mailto:, and less-emphasized information on Web pages such as copyright and related legal notices. www.molly.com /articles/webdesign/2001-01-type.php   (1853 words)

learn Typography and Page Layout - Classification of Type, free Tutorial A popular type face for all classes of publicity and advertising work due to the large variety of weight and styles available and because their structure suggests newness and attention-awakening appeal to a remarkable degree. Text type faces should fit snugly together with less space between the words than is customary with normal Roman types and, because of their complex structure, should never be set in all-capital form. These type faces are also known as novelty faces and are primarily designed to be used for a word or words in display or headings where the product needs a close-matching type face. www.typography-1st.com /typo/classtyp.shtml   (1860 words)

Type Face Terms Explained | Web Design Principles All type faces that are to be used in the appropriate print media must be purchased under a number of specific criteria. To this end, you must be aware that not all type faces that are used have the same number of variations, or for that matter are available on the output device that you wish to use. These type faces are also known as novelty faces and are primarily designed to be used for a word or words in display or headings and as such are not suited to text setting. www.webdesign.org /web/web-design-basics/design-principles/type-face-terms-explained.6065.html   (2452 words)

Italics — FactMonster.com Italic languages - Italic languages Italic languages, subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages that may be... type - type type, for printing, was invented in China (c.1040), using woodblocks. Italics - Italics The type first used by Aldo Manuzio in printing the Aldine classics. www.factmonster.com /dictionary/brewers/italics.html   (160 words)

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